Service difficulty report · Generator · Airbus A320211

Difficulty date
August 22, 2024
Submitted
August 23, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N378NW
Make and model
Airbus A320211
Aircraft serial
2092
Aircraft time
58,704 hours, 29,259 cycles
Part
Generator
Condition
Leaking
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

SHIP 3278 DISC: "DIRTY SOCK" SMELL IN COCKPIT WHILE APU BLEED WAS SUPPLYING AIR TO PACKS. HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER GROUND AIR WAS REMOVED. C/A: FOUND APU GENERATOR LEAKING OIL PER WC 0550-2002. PERFORMED CLEANING OF APU INTAKE + COMPARTMENT PER W/C 4916-2001. PERFORMED DECONTAMINATION OF THE ECS WITH INOP APU (REVERSE FLOW ) PER WC 2100-2005. FOUND NO FURTHER EVIDENCE OF OIL CONTAMINATION. PERFORMED STAGE 1+2 CLEANING OF THE ECS. RECIP FILTERS CHANGED TWICE, NO FURTHER EVIDENCE OF ODOR EXISTS. VERIFICATION OF RESIDUAL ODOR WC 0550-2003 C/W. WILL REQUIRE GENERATOR MPN: 5913667-4 STK# 32-2420-9-0003. MCC NOTIFIED. (LP: 6200960)

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